The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-06-12

lgiou one must infict physical injury on his DER.
son. Here is an illustration of a lingering shad.
ow of that belief, found in a religious paper:
A boy went once to camp-meeting. While BIZ.
mother was putting him to bed one night he
heard great noise in the next tent what ia
that, mother" 1T is man praying, nv son
and 1 should judge by the way he prays that Is.
wanted to be wholly the Lords" Why don't
he then?s
The ch,.dis question is pertinent Some peo.
pie seem to pray with the belief that the Lord
was hard to persuade to do His part in Indiyid
uai salvation or conservation. l have long be-
leved that the preaching from many pulpits at.
fords too much food for the perpetuation OF such
nonsense in men. People who hear the gospel
or read it believe enough. That is not their
trouble But some seem TO be stuffed and
crammed with the idea that thu
Lord must do the human as we'll az
the superhuman part What would be thought
of one who should below himself hoarse for
somebody to help him do for his own personal
safety what nobody but he,could dot He would
be called a fool with great exactness of speech
The regiou rorld has come to recognize mans
agency in the work of his own saving, and it ia
too late to doubt the great willingness Of the
Lord to do His part There may be ar elemens
of subjectiveness that is helpful in such wild
wrestling, but 1t is in no good sense objective
he, then9 think the chief faacy of such peo-
pie is, that they wait 'for = sicn,n instead Of
going straight about doing what they know to be-
the right thing themselves. aud by such prayer
in acton-a thousand times better than
words-trust for the rest, the witness
aud satisfaction, and not try to take 10
all out in words, and then 60 about
whining their doubts and dissatisfaction I
know the objections raised at this point-"can't
be saved by works But is it not about time to
give the faults of Judaism and Pharseeism q
rest? Must it forever be held that. because
people in some previous centuries went to seed
on works" therefore all succeeding generations
than raise their neighbors with many loud words,
and expect the Lord to take them by the coat
collar and put them on the right track2 Rather
suppose that we Judge not lest we be Judged"
and consider that a man is sincere in his WORK,
though be says little. when his life averages up
with others.
don't need to have it dinged into their ears l04
times year that the Lord has promised in his
word to do and What such people
want is to be drawn away from the foolish.
antipo6e OF Phariseeism, and brought to see
that their business is to work their part with
sincerity and trustfulness that IN the end all will
be- right. 1t seems to me that it would be an
awful travesty on good sense to stand and plead
with court of justice for mercy or freedom and
happiness when out of court after pardon or
acquittal had been pronounced But is that not
just what we do before perfect court of equity,
when we worldly cry for that which is only
barred by our own non -actioni
this wordy distrust, for it is nothing less. and 60
straight about doing the human part. and thus
removing the only obstacle to favor with God.
Whether one masquerades or not is his concern.
He knows it and God knows it, and
il he continues it long it will be
noted readily by his fellows. and that is the
end of it. But because men do sometimes
masquerade, is no reason why'we should neglect
insistance the human side. and consume time
in wordy distrusts of the absolute certainty on
the divine side. ] believe in faiths saving.
But attained to solution of q
mathematical other problem who did not OBJ
serve and obey the rules. and utilize the powers
with which he was endowed. He might live aud
die without attaining to the s'eyidence of things
unseen travelling any other route. And so ID
is equally out of mans power to either stay or
make more certain the plans of God. except by
strict atfen ton his part OF the work in
hand. Paul preached to sinners who knew
nothing of the gospel, faith; St James preached
to the church that knew the gospel, works. In
the sense of this distinction, there is not a
single heather in America except those coming
from heather countries. Except to these, the
gospel of ST James needs to be preached in all
its fulness of insistauce on the human side
CHURCH.